 Providence Alaska's Internet site received national recognition for Best Site Design among hospitals with 200-399 beds at the 2006 eHealthcare Leadership Awards.
Some 220 healthcare organizations, representing a broad industry spectrum, received recognition for their outstanding Web sites at a special presentation in Atlanta on November 6 during the Tenth Annual Healthcare Internet Conference. Sites receiving the 2006 eHealthcare Leadership Awards were selected from more than 1,100 entries. One hundred individuals familiar with healthcare and the Internet judged the entries. "What's clearly evident this year is the number of outstanding sites," says Mark Gothberg, eHealthcare Leadership Awards chairman. "It was particularly difficult for judges to choose among competing sites, especially in such hotly contested categories as best health content, best design, and best overall site." Judges looked at how sites compared with others in their organization's classification. They also reviewed sites based on a proprietary multi-point standard of Internet excellence. The best intranet site category, for example, had to pass muster on more than 60 factors. "As always, competition is particularly intense in the large hospital, healthcare system, and managed care classifications," says Gothberg. Best Health/Healthcare Content, Best Site Design, and Best Overall Internet Site categories drew the most entries. There were also a large number of entries in the Best Intranet category. "It's great to be recognized among the nation's best and we look forward to continuing to add services and features that provide the most value for our customers and employees," said Kevin Shreve, Providence Alaska's Web Communications Manager. The eHealthcare Leadership Awards program was developed and first presented seven years ago by eHealthcare Strategy & Trends, a leading Internet resource published by Health Care Communications, Rye, NY. The Tenth Annual Healthcare Internet Conference was sponsored by Greystone.Net, an Atlanta-based strategy firm, in cooperation with the Chicago-based Forum for Healthcare Strategists.  More information, including a complete list of winners and judges, is available online at www.strategichealthcare.com.
The Providence Alaska Internet site also received Merit recognition in the Marketing/Advertising category from the World Wide Web Health Awards. For more information, please visit www.healthawards.com.
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